The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-06-03

81 he tOrmented himself With constant
brooding upon them, until the reason
assigned, all logical and weigtty to
the formal precision OF the race and
generation, seemed to him strained,
Il frivolous, and improbable. From
such a conclusion it required no vio.
lent effort OF a morbid fancy to nd.
vance step farther, and Leonel per,
suaded himself that Marina was tired
OF him, that she had never loved
him, that she desired to break
the bonds OF their betrothal, and
that all these procrastinations
were ominous tokens signifying
that wish and amcams OF gradual ap-
proach to such q rupture. His jeal.
Gus passion increased, battening up,
on his misery, until the man had al.
most become insane And the full
measure OF his own suffering he held to
the troubled lips OF poor Marina.
Every absurd pretext was to him a
theme of complaint and reproach.
He found source OF grievance i'll the
situation of the Anaya dwelling, on
one OF the main thoroughfares, fav-
orite promenade OF the young Span.
iards, who naturally passed thither,
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beauty. The praises lavished upon
girl had courted them. 1t had come
to pass that every interview between
the lovers resolved itself into bitter
ness and reproaches and Marina was
half wild with distress She loved
Leonel most dearly, and she could
not doubt the ardo:' OF his love for
her rs its very intensity was the
source of his mad jealousy over the
fatal charm OF her beauty.
At last, one morning, De In Mont.
ana passed the house and found it
closed,s His morbid fancy at onca
pictured q rival behind the massive
shutters OF the the iron barred win
dows, making his suit to Marina, per.
haps-oh, saints in MISUNDERSTANDING
his cause, and persuading her to dis.
card the jealous lover. Narrowed by
the thought, he washastenlngt to knock
at the zaguan 1.-THE great street portal)
when wicket in one OF the windows
was opened, and q white hand-and
a hand he knew, Marina's hand-was
put forth, and slightly beckoned. He
approached, and begged to know thela.
| dy's will. For all answer a white, folded
missive was held toward him. He
took the letter, the window quickly
closed, and he could but move away
to where he could read at ease:
"My worshiped Leonel" the ;ette,
ran, my love for thee has amounted
lairly to worship, since we who love
| first only at amature age concentrate
our affections unfrittered away by
earlier, slighter loyes--I have tried
then,by every tenderness,to convince
thee that thou alone OF men art in
my heart; but have found thee insen
sible to these assurances. AS my
! blind and simple affection can not in.
spire in thee that faith which is essen.
tial to welded happiness, and as my
beauty--which | therefore hold ac,
cursed-is the terrible barrier to our
| perfect understanding, laveresolved,
not in anger nor revenge, but in sacrio
1 flee to your love, to convert that i'll
|starred, fatal beauty into aliying hort
ror, that thou mayest no longer see in
it temptation to disloyalty toward
| thee. Naught else can cure my ankle,
| ty and distress, and do not fnlter,
II thou lowest me, thus shalt thy trust
revive; thou wilt pardon my insight.
| illness, and we shall once more be hap.
py. If thy love shalt revolt and per.
ish for hehorror become, losing that
tormenting love, thou wilt find peace
;sgain. l will return thee at least the
tranquility have destroyed, either
by dispelling the illusion, or by pro,
tecting thy passion beneath the wings
of faith. Thine, MARlSA.'
The heart ofLeonel sank like lead
within him, with the weight OF great
misgiving. What would Marina do?
| To what dread deed had his madness
driven herr He saw now, as Ii from
beneath a lifted veil, the folly and the
cruelty ofhis exactions and suspicious,
and he realized the depth OF the divine
affection he had wronged. Full ofcon,
triton, OF eagerness, OF awful dread,
he hastened back to the house, and
abbreviating as he could the ceremo.
NOUS parley at the door, he sought
Marina's father, and hurriedly told
his fears. The two men moved through
the house quietly, not to attract tho
attention OF tna gossiping servants,
The mother OF Marina was away to
visit sick friend, and the house
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ante-room OF the great paror, they
were overtaken by servant.
"Don Pablito," she exclaimed, "a
came to tell you that | was here dust.
| ing u moment ago, and found the
brazier gone. | have been seeking
some one to tell, but Dana Claudia ID
away, and the Nina Marina is in he,
room and does not answer. Quien
sabe how the thief could have come
inl The door-porter must have slept,
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| Anaya checked the grl's 8 chatter and
sent her away. In those days. and
until the last few years, it was the Gus
tom to keep in all well-reguIated
houses a small fire OF charcoal burn.
ing in a great silver brazier in the an.
te-sala, for the convenience OF lighting
cigars or cigarettes. This brazier was
indeed missing here. And through
the interstices OF the doors subtle
/ odor began to creep, tainting the all
/ OF the tightly-closed house--a strange
and sickening smell, whose suggestion
4 caused the flesh to thrill with horror,
| and the hair to stand erect. The two
men gazed at each other an instant in
shocked dlsmay and horror, then Don
Pablo lead the way in haste to Mari,
mas chamber, and threw open the
door. A rush OF noxious vapor came
into LeonePs face from the room that
| held his love. and his first glimpse OF
it's interior, showed him Marina, bent
| over the big brazier on her light.stand,
| with her face laid close upon it's glow,
| ing GOALS. AS her father and Lionel
entered the room, she lifted herself
erect, every line OF her figure express.
ing mingled agony and the fortitude
of resolution, and staggering blindly
forward, she fell senseless beside hel
bed.
1t was q year later that the devou,
gathered at the early morning mass
in the cathedral watching with in
terest the entrance of a wedding
party, in which the groom was
Leonal de la Montana, and the brid,
a lady whose figure was of exquisite
elegance and grace, but whose fac,
, was beyond criticism, in that it wa,
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